Joseph wood



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J. WOOD.

snow PLOW.

No. 246,436 Patented AugL BOI I881 wi/bvbmmm UNITED STATES PATENT OFFCE.

JOSEPH WOOD, OFRED BANK, NEW JERSEY.

SNOW-PLOW.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 246,436, dated August30, 1881.

Application filed June 15, 1881.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH WOOD, of Red Bank, State of New Jersey, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Snow-Flows, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, concise, and exact description, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains tomake and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,which form part of this specification.

The object of my invention is to make a snow-plow for railroads, which,in addition to the usual divider or plow, will have in front a completebox having an adjustable lid, in order that the snow, whether deep orlight, will be gathered in the box, prevented from flying, and socompressed that it will strike the divider with such force as to bethrown off away from the track, and which plow has also a scraper oneach rail,to clear the track of any snow that may be left by the plow,and also remove all obstructions from oh" the rail.

Figure 1 is a side view of the plow with a section cut away, so as toshow the spring 0, scrapers d, and flange c. Fig. 2 is a sectional topview out through the lines a: m in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an end view,looking from the track into the front end of the plow.

My invention consists in having the box-A, which has the lid B, placeddirectly in front of the divider O. This boxis made ofsheet metal, andis wide enough to extend out over the rails. It may also be made eightfeet, or any desired height, so as to gather the snow in front of thedivider O. The dividerG is made so as to come to a sharp edge, whichreaches to or into the back end of the box A, both ends of which areopen. The box and the divider are set on an incline, so that the frontend will come very near the track, and a metallic shield, D, extendingthe whole length, projects down over the sides of the rails ff. The lidB is hinged at the rear end of the box by means of the hinge g, andsecured down by the'rod a, which fasten to the eyes I), which are madethrough the side of the lid h h, hanging down (No model.)

over the sides of the box, or may be made through standards projectingup from the sides of the box.

The plow is mounted on the trucks F F beneath the box, and directlybefore the front trucks F F is a scraper, (I, having a flange, e. Thisscraper may be made square and will rest upon the rail, the flange 6bearing on the inner side of the rails f f. The scrapers have a journalwhich rests in the bearing 0, which is slotted four or five inches. Thisbearing has in its slot a spring, a. The spring will hold the scraper (Iclose to the rails unless there be an obstruction on the rails, in whichcase the scraper will spring up and revolve in its hearings, so as topass overit, and another side will be presented to the front, so as tocontinue the scraping.

It the snow be very deep, the lid B may he raised and secured at anyheight desired by the means of the pin a, passing through the hole I)or, if desired, the lid may be turned back over to the top of thedivider.

I am aware that snow-plows have heretofore been made having an inclinedbottom, a divider, and a box track-clearer: but being of aparticularform and arigid construction, different with the divider O, constructedand arranged substantially as described.

3. The scraper (I, held on the rail by means of a spring which willpermit them to revolve in either direction, substantially as described.

JOSEPH WOOD.

Witnesses:

HUBERT A. BANNING, CHAS. S. PHILIPs.

